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Pflugrad Names New Defensive Line Coach
University of Montana Grizzly football coach Robin Pflugrad says Legi Suiaunoa has served as a strength coach, a defensive coordinator and has good recruiting ties. He was the defensive line coach at Portland State last season.
Griz Defeated By Duquesne
Sean Johnson came off the bench to score 17 points in leading Duquesne to an 87-76 win over Montana in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational on Wednesday night.
Top Cops
Two deputies with the Missoula County Sheriff's Department were selected by the National Association of Police Officers as the winners of the "Top Cop Award For 2011". Detective Captain Rich Maricelli and Detective T.J. McDermott were instrumental in solving a cold case homicide dating from October 1992.
The Ladies Take The Conference
The Lady Griz win with great defensive skills and now move on to their 19th NCAA tourney. Photo from www.montanagrizzlies.comStephanie Stender and Kenzie De Boer each scored 11 points to lead Montana to a 62-58 win over Portland State on Saturday in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference tournament.
Winter Is Over
Don't forget to spring forward this weekend and re-set your clocks one hour ahead. Daylight Savings Time will be observed Sunday morning at 2 am to mark the unofficial end to winter. There are a few places that don't observe Daylight Savings; those include Hawaii, parts of Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands...
Death Toll Rises After Quake, Wave Hits Kauai
A rising death toll is in the dozens in the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northern part of Japan.
The quake unleashed a 23-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland.
Ladies Advance To The Semi-Finals
Photo From www.montanagrizzlies.comNow it's the Ladies turn in the Big Sky Tournament to take it all the way to the final round. Stephanie Stender scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Montana to a 66-53 win against Idaho State in the first round of the Big Sky Conference tournament Thursday night.
UNC Heads to The Big Dance After Defeating Montana
I couldn't of been the only fan, Griz or Bear frustrated with last night's game. Fouls, fouls and more fouls; so many to of them that Will Cherry fouled out before the buzzer. Did these boys forget how to bounce the ball? Several traveling violations were called as well. But in the end the Griz just couldn't make it happen.
Griz Rally for A Chance To Play For The Title
"March Madness" sums it up for last nights win. Montana is making a habit out of comebacks at Weber State's expense.
Will Cherry scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and Brian Qvale grabbed 17 rebounds, helping the Grizzlies rally in the second half for a 57-40 win over the Wildcats on Tuesday night in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals.
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Two MT Athletes Wrestle For National Title
Small, Hi-Line towns in Montana are producing some incredible wrestlers. Two Hi-Line athletes who wrestled for high school teams that were 88 miles apart and college teams that were 115 miles apart battled for the NAIA national championship at 184 pounds in a match that couldn't have been much closer.
State Finals Wrap Up For Class A, B and C
High school basketball tournaments were going on all across the state this weekend. As I traveled back down the Bitterroot Saturday from the Darby wrestling tournament, Hamilton was all the buzz with folks watching the Class C Tourney.
Eco Art
Being an avid recycler myself I can appreciated what this woman is trying to accomplish. She is having a little creative fun by taking what others discard and turning it into something useful. Jennifer McGahan isn't too shy to admit that she begged her neighbor for a used cigarette butt, but it wasn't to feed any sort of habit.